Author: Arbouin, James
Biography:
ARBOUIN, James (c. 1742-1821: ancestry.co.uk)
His parents, John Francis Arbouin and his wife Mary L’Eglise or Leglise, were both descended from Huguenots. Arbouin was born in Lisbon where his father was the British vice-consul and no record of his birth has been located. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ school, London, before setting up as a wine merchant in Mark Lane, London, with two of his brothers. He was very successful but he suffered a temporary reversal of fortune at about the same time as he was introduced to the New Church and the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. Although his business recovered and he prospered financially, he remained committed to studying and promoting the teachings of Swedenborg. Towards the end of his life he suffered painful bouts of kidney stones and he died at his home at Gloucester Place, New Road, London. He was buried on 30 Nov. 1821 at St. Mary’s, Bryanston Square. His will left bequests to his nephews and nieces but the bulk of his estate was intended for the New Church. However, a Chancery suit held up payment of the funds until 1827 when a portion of the bequest intended for building a chapel was deemed to be void. His other publications include Dissertation on the Regenerate Life (1817) and Three Sermons on the Lord’s Prayer (1808?). (ancestry.co.uk 15 June 2022; Register of the Scholars Admitted into Merchant Taylor’s School [1883]; Richard Hindmarsh, Rise and Progress of the New Jerusalem Church [1861]; The New-Church Reader and Class Book [1846]) SR
Other Names:
- J. A. [James Arbouin?]